ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Limits of computation

Computation is a way of using computers to complete tasks. Computers are really good at performing large amounts of calculations quickly, but there are some things they can't do. Computation has limits because computers are only able to do what they are programmed to do, and they can't do anything they don't know how to do. A limit of computation is that computers can't think for themselves - they need humans to tell them what to do. They also can't solve problems that are too big or too complicated for them to handle. Some problems like predicting the weather just take too long for computers to solve. So even though computers are really powerful, they can't always do everything.